Engaging Youth in Expanded STEM Career Pathways through Clean Energy Literacy Development

加州大学伯克利分校劳伦斯科学馆计划开展一项为期五年的项目，调查先前开发的以清洁能源为重点的干预模式的能力，以影响14-16岁的弱势群体学生的积极学习成果和更高的职业意识。位于东旧金山湾区城市社区的12所学校的学生（约975人）将有机会在调查能源及其使用的背景下学习和应用STEM内容以及信息和通信技术（ICT）技能。这些机会将在学校的日间课程和课后课程中提供。项目参与者将：学习清洁能源相关和与ngss一致的内容；对相关主题进行研究，产生对当地社区有价值的科学准确的信息；在特定的内容领域和一系列职业道路选择之间建立联系。学生亦会举办公众资讯会，以提高市民对清洁/绿色能源相关主题的认识。本建议建立在先前的一个项目的基础上，通过研究干预对学生职业和学业选择的影响，并确定哪些修改将支持有效的大规模实施。该项目将调查其活动对参与者功能认同发展的影响（即，未来有效追求和维持stem相关教育和职业相关轨迹所需的性格、技能和知识）。它将解决几个关键的研究问题：(1)干预模式在培养对NGSS的掌握，影响学生如何评估科学应用，影响课程选择和职业兴趣方面的成功程度，以及目前不在传统STEM管道中的群体；(2)通过不同策略（即自我选择与分配）招募的参与者对干预模式的体验有何不同；(3)模型实施后，项目是否对学校层面的学生准备和职业发展轨迹产生影响。该项目的成功实施将产生一个有效的、可扩展的干预模式，可用于各种环境，目的是为青年参与清洁能源/STEM相关职业做好准备。

The University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science plans a five-year project to investigate the capacity of a previously developed clean energy-focused intervention model to affect positive learning outcomes and greater career awareness among a broader audience of under-represented group students aged 14-16. Students (approximately 975) at 12 school sites located in East San Francisco Bay Area urban communities with large underrepresented group populations will participate in opportunities to learn and apply STEM content and information and communication technology (ICT) skills in the context of investigating energy and its usage. These opportunities will be presented in school day courses and in after school programs. Project participants will: learn clean energy-related and NGSS-aligned content; conduct research on related topics that generates scientifically accurate information valuable to local communities; and make links between particular content areas and a range of career pathway options. Students also will also make public information sessions aimed at increasing community awareness of clean/green energy related topics. This proposal builds on a prior project by studying the capacity of the intervention to affect student career and academic choices and determining what modifications will support effective broad-scale implementation. The project will investigate the impact of its activities on participant development of functional identity (i.e., the disposition, skills and knowledge necessary for effectively pursuing and maintaining STEM-related educational and career-related trajectories in the future). It will address several key research questions: (1) How successful the intervention model is in fostering NGSS mastery, in impacting how students value the application of science, in affecting course taking choices, and career interest with a group currently not in the traditional STEM pipeline; (2) How the experience of the intervention model differs for participants who are recruited through different strategies, i.e. self-selected vs. assigned; and (3) Does the project have an effect at the school level related to student preparation and career trajectory as a result of the implementation of the model. Successful implementation of the project will result in an effective, scalable intervention model that can be used in a variety of settings for the purpose of preparing youth to participate in clean energy/STEM related careers.